Tex. Health & Safety Code § 592.012 · Subchapter B. BASIC BILL OF RIGHTS

PROTECTION FROM EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE.

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Each person with an intellectual disability has the right to protection from exploitation and abuse because of the person's intellectual disability.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.

Amended by:

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1412, eff. April 2, 2015.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.592.htm
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